1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; appropriating money for an
1.3 	emergency grant to the Criminal Gang Strike Force to
1.4 	hire 25 additional peace officers to patrol in North
1.5 	Minneapolis.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; CRIMINAL GANG STRIKE FORCE.
 1.8 	(a) $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the
1.9 	commissioner of public safety for each year of the biennium
1.10 	beginning July 1, 2005, to fund an annual grant to the Criminal
1.11 	Gang Strike Force under Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.66.
1.12 	The Criminal Gang Strike Force must use the grant money to pay
1.13 	25 additional licensed peace officers.  The commander of the
1.14 	Criminal Gang Strike Force must deploy the additional officers
1.15 	to the city of Minneapolis's fourth police precinct where they
1.16 	must be assigned in a manner that is intended to reduce the
1.17 	crime rate in North Minneapolis.  The additional peace officers
1.18 	must not be used to replace any officer currently assigned to
1.19 	patrol duties in Minneapolis's fourth police precinct.  These
1.20 	are onetime appropriations.
1.21 	(b) The commissioner, in consultation with the commander of
1.22 	the Criminal Gang Strike Force, shall submit a report to the
1.23 	legislature by November 1, 2006, and a supplemental report by
1.24 	November 1, 2007.  The reports must detail how the additional
1.25 	officers hired with the grant funding were used and the impact
2.1 	their work had on the crime rate in North Minneapolis.  The
2.2 	report shall be delivered to the house and senate chairs and
2.3 	ranking minority members serving on the committees responsible
2.4 	for public safety funding.